Boat



June 27, 1%33. OUCORMIER 1,916,093

BOAT

Filed Feb. 5, '1931 INVENTOR Ulwer Lbr/mer ATTORNEYS Patented June 27, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE soar Application am Iebraary 5, 1931. Serial in. 513,704.

This invention relates to collapsible boats and among other objects, aims to rovide an improved, sectional boat adapts to be easily assembled and dismantled so that the sections may be nested together. The main idea is to rovide a simple, relatively cheap, portable oat of this character which is adapted to be carried very easily on an automobile trunk rack. 7

Other aims and advantages ofthe invention will appear in the description, when considered in connection with the accompanyin drawing, wherein l ig. 1 is a side elevation of a metal boat 35 embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a cover for one oi? the sections;

Fig. i is a top plan view of the sections w nested together; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 oi Fig. 2.

Referring articularly to the drawing, the improved oat there shown is conveniently made of sheet metal or me be composed of separate cast sections. In t is example, it is composed of a front or stem section 10, a midsection 11, and a rear or stern section 12. The length and width of the mid-section are slightly greater than the length and width of the stern section so that the stern section may be nested within it and the stem section is also adapted to be nested in the stern sectime.

Each of the sections constitutes an individual, water-tight unit and they are shown as having means to lock them together. In the example shown the mid-section has end walls 13 and a locking flange 14 providing a groove or channel 15 which roject's from each end of the section at the bottom. The stem and stem sections and 12 have end walls 16 adapted to abut the end walls of the mid-section and each presents a lip flange 17 and a groove or channel 18 to interlock with the flange 14. and groove or channel on the mid-section, the construction being such that the end'sections may he slid downwardly into locking engagement with the ends of the W mid-section. v r 4 In Figs. 2, 4 and 5, the upper edges of the two end walls 13 of the mid-section are shown as having horizontal flanges or lips 19' to overlie the u per edges of the end walls 16 after the en sectionsare slid into locking enga ement and swung against the end walls 13. hese flanges preferably terminate short of the side walls on the mid-section as best shown in Fig. 2. Thus, the sections cannot be disengaged without first swinging the upper edges of the ends walls 16 away from the end walls 13 until they are clear of the flanges 19.

While the interlocked end walls may be held in abutting engagement at their up er .65 edges by means of bolts, clamps or the like, seats 20 having suitably spaced or bifurcated vertical brackets 21- secured to their bottom walls which are utilized for this purpose. These brackets are adapted to straddle the abutting edges of the end walls beyond the opposite ends ofthehorizontal flanges 19 and bottom walls of the seats preferably rest on said flanges.

To prevent the interlocked sections from being displaced laterally, the mid-section is shown as having short forwardl and rearwardly projecting flanges at t e opposite sides to overlap the sides of the -front and rear sections.

Whenit is desired to dismantle the boat, it is only necessary to remove the seats, swing the end sections downwardly and lift them out of their interlocking engagement with the mid-section. The sections may then be nested, as shown in Fig. 4, and the seats laced in one end of the mid section. To

old them nested, there is shown asuitable metal cover 22 adapted to be bolted or otherwise secured to the top of the mid-section.- Herein, the cover and sldewalls of the midsection have bolting, perforated ears 23 for this purpose. After the cover is secured in place, the boat may be placed and strapped on an ordinary trunk rack. The mid-section is shaped somewhat like a trunk and may be stood on its large end. In fact, the spare room in the nested sections may be used as a storage space.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the improved sectional host may be made of relatively thin sheet metal by die stamping or shaping and welding opera tions. Moreover, the sections mey he cast of some light weight metal, such as alumi num. The sections provide se erate waterproof compartments, which w prevent the assembled best from sinking even though one of them is punctured. '10 Obviously, the present stricted to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and described,

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lsing s piurslity oi lengitudinel water-tight sections; integral interlocking to and groove connections on the lower edges of the shutting ends oi said sections; and seats having downwardly ex invention is not retendin brackets engaging the upper edges.

of sai interlocked ends to hold the sections in interlocked engagement 2. A boat comprising e plurality of motel sections having shutting end walls; inter locking on the lower ed es of the end walls; a flange on the upper ehge of one abutting well overlapping the edge of the other to revent relative vertical displacement of the sections; side flanges engaging the side walls of the 'oined sections to prevent relative lateral displacement of the s tions; and means to hold the joined sections in interlocked engagement 3. A boat comprising a plurality of metalsections having abutting end walls; interlocking flanges on the lower edges of the end walls; a flange on the upper edge of one abutting wall overlapping t e edge of the other to revent relative vertical displacement of to e sections; side flanges engaging the'side walls of the joined sections to prevent relative lateral displacement of the sections; and seats having downwardl extending, spaced brackets straddling t edges of the abutting end walls to revent 1e them from being swung out of inter ocking engagement. 4. A boat comprising a metal, water-ti ht mid-section shaped to resemble an automo ile cover adapted to e upper.

trunk so that it may be carried on a trunk rack; stem and stern sections of such size and shape es to be nested in said mid-section; interlocking tongues and grooves and side flanges on said sections whereby they may be quickly assembled and disconnected; and a be secured to the midsection. I

5. A host comprisinga plurality of metal sections having end walls; interlocking flanges on the lower ed es of the end walls; s flange on the upper edge of one well overlapping the ed s of the other to prevent relative vertical replacements of the sections; side flanges engaging the side walls of the joined sections to prevent relative lateral displacement of the sections; and means to hold the joined sections in interlocked engagement.

6. A. boat comprising a plurality of nesteble sections, said sections adapted for disposition in end to end abutting relationship when assembled for use, each section includin v a bottom, side and end walls, said bottom, si e walls and certain oi the end wallsbeing formed in a manner to provide coecting flanges for detachably securing the sections together.

7. In a boat hull, in combination, a pair of independently watertight sections havmg oooperating ends, a marginal inwardly turned inwardly disposed flange on one end of one of said sections, and a marginal reversely formed portion on the cooperatin end of the other of said sections removal)? receiv ing said flange therein.

8. A. boat comprisinga plurality of longitudinal watertight sections; integralinterlocking inwardly disposed tongue and groove connections on the lower edges of the shutting ends of said sections; and seats having downwardly extending portions engagin the upper edges of said interlocked ends to old the sections in interlocked en egement.

In testimony, that I claim 1: e foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed. my signature.

OLIVER CORMIER. 

